Kyle Faber wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am trying to determine the best way to effectively copy the /etc/passwd
> file from one machine to another. I have read that you can not do this by
> merely copying the associated files, but is there some method I can use to
> accomplish this idea?
>
> THANKS!
I have dones this once before, as I recall, it went like this:
Actually, your password information is stored in a shadow password file
which you can't just copy. You must convert it back to a normal
password file (man pwconv), then copy the resultant /etc/passwd which
contains all of the neccessary info to the new machine, then run use
pwconv (or whatever) in the opposite direction ti turn the passwd file
back into a shadow password file.
This worked for me. I am not sure if there was another way of doing it.
Austin
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